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Crossings (Steel novel)

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Crossings
First edition
AuthorDanielle Steel
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)

Crossings is a 1982 novel that was written by American Danielle Steel. The book is Steel's fourteenth novel. It was adapted into a six part miniseries of the same name in 1986.[1] It is Steel's 13th novel.

Plot

The ship Normandie makes a voyage from Washington D.C. to France despite an impending war. Aboard the ship is American, Liane De Villiers, the young wife of an old ambassador to France.

List of characters

  • Liane Crockett de Villiers- A daughter of a world shipping enterprise, Crockett Shippings, who marries Armand after his wife's death
  • Armand de Villiers- Ambassador of France to the US, having returned to France, who works for the Vichy Regime of German occupied France
  • Odile de Villiers- Wife of Armand who dies early
  • Nicholas Burnham- President of an enterprise in steel business, Burnham Steel, who first meets Liane during crossing the Atlantic
  • Hillary Burnham- Unfaithful wife of Nick who refuses to divorce him
  • Johnny Burnham- Only son of Nicholas and Hillary

References

  1. ^ O'Connor, John J. (24 February 1986). "'CROSSINGS,' MINI-SERIES STARRING CHERYL LADD". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2018.